Turnus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
(*Tu/rnos), a son of Daunus and Venilia, and king of the
Rutulians at the time of the arrival of Aeneas in Italy.
(Verg. A. 10.76, 616.) He was a brother of Juturna and related
to Amata, the wife of king Latinus. (12.138.) Alecto, by the
command of Hera, stirred him up to fight against Aeneas after
his landing in Italy. (7.408, &c.) He appears in the Aeneid as
a brave warrior, but in the end he fell by the hand of the
victorious Aeneas (12.926, &c.). Livy (1.2) and Dionysius also
mention him as king of the Rutulians, who allied himself with
the Etruscans against the Latins, consisting of Aborigenes and
Trojans. The Rutulians according to their account indeed were
defeated, but Aeneas fell. (Comp. AENEAS.)
[L.S] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and
mythology, William Smith, Ed.
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